Greenland | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
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The World Bank
Origin
Greenland
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63
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Greenland | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 80.70334657
1961 81.91436601
1962 83.0137279
1963 84.34620561
1964 85.94113482
1965 87.61261261
1966 87.52014409
1967 85.61379623
1968 83.59930616
1969 81.67067806
1970 79.80753937
1971 77.41487144
1972 74.22382136
1973 70.60868942
1974 66.68170774
1975 62.39694553
1976 57.72976163
1977 53.35859235
1978 49.67402601
1979 46.49753649
1980 43.49011588
1981 40.59997712
1982 38.11882566
1983 36.1843533
1984 34.90967056
1985 34.24822565
1986 34.08949011
1987 34.37145509
1988 34.976856
1989 35.76109964
1990 36.70944322
1991 37.68332989
1992 38.53685282
1993 39.34810677
1994 40.12244683
1995 40.52978387
1996 40.54438618
1997 40.47280577
1998 40.30905889
1999 40.01680275
2000 39.49032933
2001 38.78589604
2002 38.03103209
2003 37.26847712
2004 36.50527812
2005 35.63833817
2006 34.68358262
2007 33.78320426
2008 33.01345994
2009 32.4066139
2010 31.79656966
2011 31.15531714
2012 30.62531017
2013 30.2180142
2014 29.91132759
2015 29.6479138
2016 29.41250125
2017 29.28824105
2018 29.34039601
2019 29.56953977
2020 29.81275304
2021 29.98910317
2022 30.17514297

Greenland | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Greenland
Records
63
Source